tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post4186656045817568137..comments2017-08-02T20:32:19.380-04:00Comments on Editorial Ass: Momrat takes on the internetmoonrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06294151043419378509noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-75807392762157264932010-08-04T19:18:33.880-04:002010-08-04T19:18:33.880-04:00funny stuff. always fun to hear how people discove...funny stuff. always fun to hear how people discover and process new things.<br /><br />does she have the same questions about television? about how the pictures and sounds get into the box? <br /><br />wonder if something similar went through people&#39;s minds when TV was introduced - the mind-boggling thought of waves of sound and pictures being able to be &quot;decoded&quot; into television shows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-52321964515449643912009-05-15T11:42:00.000-04:002009-05-15T11:42:00.000-04:00I'm taking exception with point 5. Youtube isn't a...I'm taking exception with point 5. Youtube isn't a P2P network it's a centralized data model. It's not on someones computer it's on a data server.A Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667701070707474853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-67262500632280698102009-05-14T21:07:00.000-04:002009-05-14T21:07:00.000-04:00"What is it all doing in my HOUSE? Why is it in a ..."What is it all doing in my HOUSE? Why is it in a little BOX? Did it come in on a WIRE, or something? [Waves hand wildly at windshield.] Why is all the information floating out there? Is there just an Abba video floating out there in the air? Why does that stuff even exist? Where was it before the internet?!"<br /><br />These are simple answers which I have listed below: <br /><br />1) "What is it all doing in my HOUSE?"<br /><br />It's in your house because you have a connection to the Internet in your house (through your computer, probably, but also possibly though your cell-phone or other wireless device). Disconnect the "internet connection," meaning the cable from your modem to your PC, or just unplug the device that serves as your modem, and voila, your house is clean.<br /><br />2)Why is it in a little BOX? <br /><br />I assume that by "box" you mean computer. it's in the computer so that you can view and work with it. As noted above, however, computers are no longer the only devices which "have" the Internet.<br /><br />3) Did it come in on a WIRE, or something? <br /><br />In most cases, yes, it comes in on a wire right to your PC. In some cases there may be a "wireless router" which beams the data through the air (after it is piped to the wireless router via cable) much the same way your TV remote beams data through the air at your TV to tell it what to do. <br /><br />4) Why is all the information floating out there?<br /><br />It's not so much that the info is "floating" out there, like with radio and television waves, which truly are floating out there all the way to space where they continue on...but that it is linked or "networked" together from where it lives on millions of individual computers and other data storage devices. Sort of like a hive mind. So when you plug into the Internet (i.e. "network") you are connecting to millions of other computers with whatever they happen to have stored on them.<br /><br />5) Is there just an Abba video floating out there in the air? <br /><br />There are Abba vids from the early MTV broadcasts which are now probably jusst leaving our solar system--these are floating out there. The Youtube Abba vids, however, are not floating anywhere but are isntead just data files residing on someone's computer somewhere in the world (which is or was at some point connected to the Internet). <br /><br />6) Why does that stuff even exist? <br />It exists because people created it. Files can be created on computers in various ways, including downloading digital video from your own camera, or from another computer via the Internet. <br /><br />7)Where was it before the internet?!"<br />It existed in different formats. For example, the Abba video was some kind of 16mm film reel or whatever they shot music videos in the early 1980's with. At some point, after computers becamse more advanced, someone (I'm guessing whoever owned the rights to Abba's music) converted their Abba video into digital format so that it could be viewed and distributed online. <br /><br />Another example would be your Mom's personal snapshots from when you were a kid, before there were digi cams. They're prints. Supposed you scan one in and e-mailed it to your Mom. It's now on the 'net. "where was it?" before the net? It was a print photo, probably by Kodak. <br /><br /><br />Hope this helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-60829297504142500222009-05-13T22:56:00.000-04:002009-05-13T22:56:00.000-04:00Heehee. Anon, I can't help but agree.Heehee. Anon, I can't help but agree.moonrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294151043419378509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-17051676388013219102009-05-13T22:38:00.000-04:002009-05-13T22:38:00.000-04:00It's late to comment but I can't resist telling yo...It's late to comment but I can't resist telling you that this is one of the funniest exchanges I've ever read. It belongs in a play, although there'd have to be a huge pause for audiences to recover...I don't know what other dialogue could ever top it. <br /><br />My husband and son and I have been wiping tears off our faces for the last 5 minutes. If they weren't laughing so hard, I might think it was the med's for my root canal, but I don't think...it's just FUNNY. Abba videos floating in the ether...it is hard to wrap your mind around.<br /><br />Please write more about your mom, she's a stitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-19404899783205631472009-05-13T11:45:00.000-04:002009-05-13T11:45:00.000-04:00Why is all the information floating out there?
LO...<I>Why is all the information floating out there?</I> <br />LOL Tell Momrat it's like people decorating for the holidays. They just do. =)Kathleen Dantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00224060296528708475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-15353031823499785262009-05-11T18:31:00.000-04:002009-05-11T18:31:00.000-04:00AHAHAHAHHAH! I LOVE these posts!!
:-)AHAHAHAHHAH! I LOVE these posts!!<br />:-)Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732006129353079344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-73912698999532134092009-05-11T16:12:00.000-04:002009-05-11T16:12:00.000-04:00ROFLMAO!!
I recently had a similar conversation w...ROFLMAO!!<br /><br />I recently had a similar conversation with mu husband. We decided that there are giant computers "someplace" and that's where all the information is. Not floating. :)Melanie Avilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781235493983907234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-12512327985807703512009-05-11T15:05:00.000-04:002009-05-11T15:05:00.000-04:00Youtube is located on Googles data servers. They a...Youtube is located on Googles data servers. They are actually quite neat. You can learn about them on youtube of course :P<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRwPSFpLX8IA Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667701070707474853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-45769316178983698672009-05-11T09:17:00.000-04:002009-05-11T09:17:00.000-04:00HYSTERICAL!!! Gotta love your mom.HYSTERICAL!!! Gotta love your mom.Kimberley Griffiths Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-17031247306795660912009-05-10T18:26:00.000-04:002009-05-10T18:26:00.000-04:00My mom sounds like Litgirl01's. She's on the inter...My mom sounds like Litgirl01's. She's on the internet and even wants me to show her how to get on Facebook so she can be my friend.<br /><br />I'd better watch my language or I'll be eating soap again soon.WendyCinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-133518033983549712009-05-10T09:09:00.000-04:002009-05-10T09:09:00.000-04:00OMG your mom is too cute! Sounds like mine!OMG your mom is too cute! Sounds like mine!Juliana Stonehttp://www.julianastone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-37408930582360984542009-05-10T05:07:00.000-04:002009-05-10T05:07:00.000-04:00It is floating out there, especially when you're i...It is floating out there, especially when you're in a wifi hot spot. Whatever that is. I have a suspicion they don't really exist.Ebony McKenna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-70631723756166544412009-05-10T04:38:00.000-04:002009-05-10T04:38:00.000-04:00jjdebenedictis said...
Writtenwyrdd:Now I'm gett...jjdebenedictis said... <br /><br /><I>Writtenwyrdd:Now I'm getting an image of millions of data servers chained up in hell. Demons prod them with tasers to keep them crunching data as fast as they can. They sit there in the brimstone-and-burnt-plastic scented darkness, grunting and sweating as the internet scorches their mechanical brains.<br /><br />The Internet: It's like a sweatshop for robots.</I>I've worked in IT. You're not that far off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-5399026924078939012009-05-10T01:44:00.000-04:002009-05-10T01:44:00.000-04:00And this is why I love Momrat.And this is why I love Momrat.McKoalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457446171624585099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-62546936155992880502009-05-09T23:04:00.000-04:002009-05-09T23:04:00.000-04:00I love Momrat!
:)I love Momrat!<br /><br />:)Kim Kaschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955657301998255029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-3257390756919870732009-05-09T22:31:00.000-04:002009-05-09T22:31:00.000-04:00I feel like I just went back in time.I feel like I just went back in time.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-36419187697671679022009-05-09T22:07:00.000-04:002009-05-09T22:07:00.000-04:00She accepted television at some point in her life,...She accepted television at some point in her life, right? No reason to understand exactly how it all works but just acknowledge that it's pretty much a good thing.<br />It's trying to make sense of it that makes your head spin. Far better to just dive in and coast.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-51376804513198024352009-05-09T18:17:00.000-04:002009-05-09T18:17:00.000-04:00My mom got a B.S. in Computer Science because she ...My mom got a B.S. in Computer Science because she figured computers were going to take over everyday life and she didn't want to be afraid of them when they did.<br /><br />Gotta love that practicality.Sarah Laurensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252565450452195395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-30506386121566652742009-05-09T18:12:00.000-04:002009-05-09T18:12:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness I am laughing so hard. I use to hav...Oh my goodness I am laughing so hard. I use to have these kind of conversations with my own mom. I use to just give up.Lafreyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320299913012919654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-37162823566522221542009-05-09T18:08:00.000-04:002009-05-09T18:08:00.000-04:00"It's just all... floating."
So cute."It's just all... floating."<br /><br />So cute.Crystal Poseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939745305440912406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-42499746359557788492009-05-09T17:46:00.000-04:002009-05-09T17:46:00.000-04:00Ohmigosh, I was JUST trying to answer those very s...Ohmigosh, I was JUST trying to answer those very same questions this week. I had to <A HREF="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm" REL="nofollow">go here</A> to figure it out. Or at least, <I>try</I> to figure it out.<br /><br />But it still feels freaky. I still think it just might be floating. Out there. Somewhere. Everywhere.spyscribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299551957327543491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-87753410981405421472009-05-09T15:54:00.000-04:002009-05-09T15:54:00.000-04:00I love this! Are you sure we don't have the same m...I love this! Are you sure we don't have the same mom?<br /><br />Mine always calls me to tell me she got my email.<br /><br />At least I think I got her to stop printing them out...Nancy Coffelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713279271661289911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-82044377854147489082009-05-09T14:03:00.000-04:002009-05-09T14:03:00.000-04:00*hovers in like amorphous plankton, wends feeler r...*hovers in like amorphous plankton, wends feeler ratward, feels tingle, floats back off negotiating choice parabola for return...*Whirlochrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846196906206886945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37191093.post-63143797721389823902009-05-09T13:53:00.000-04:002009-05-09T13:53:00.000-04:00i wonder this from time to time. like WHERE is th...i wonder this from time to time. like WHERE is the internet?angellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040462951542159071noreply@blogger.com